Music Reviews

This game is really exciting to play . Its never boring ! The cube is in a continuous motion with shapes coming at you from more than one place (side ) at a time . I bought it for myself , but my kids love it also ! The only thing that we didn't like is ,you don't know what animal you are freeing ! We have only unlocked 4 of the oceans (or seas ) . No animals yet . I guess you have to unlock all the oceans to see the animals !! I think there are a total of 8 oceans and seas . Its loads of fun !!!

I initially bought this game for my nephew. Long after he had moved onto Super Sonic Mario XIII (or whatever), I was still glued to the screen, trying to somehow fit another flying three-dimensional object onto to my Zoocube. Similar to Tetris, somehow this puzzler never gets tiring and I had to buy my own cartridge.

I JUST WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT THERE IS NO GORE IN THIS GAME. The Gore note up there seems to refer to the animals being twisted into the shapes, but this is never seen happening, and there is no graphic display of mutilation anywhere to be found.

I've waited a long time for a worthy successor to Tetris, and this is it! Let's just hope it doesn't languish in obscurity, because it's possibly the best puzzle game I've ever played.

Easy to learn, yet extremely challenging, this is an addictive experience. I lose hours every time I play. Where does the time go? Into an truly innovative and interactive puzzle game. The action revolves around a cube on which you stack colored shapes( animals who have been transformed, according to the rather flimsy plot), trying to match two of the same kind( like Noah) so that they will be "rescued" and transported from the playing field. The shapes come from three sides, and by rotating the cube on it's three axes, you catch & match to rack up a high score. But be careful! If you allow more than five unmatched shapes to collect on a side, your Zoocube will overheat, and it's Game Over. The action starts off at a nice pace and moves to a frantic flipping frenzy as you desperately try to keep the rain of shapes at bay.

I believe the engine must be fairly deep, as you are always provided with the correct piece in plenty of time - IF you can manipulate your cube to pair it with its partner, which is a lot harder than it sounds.
To increase the challenge, you can play in KO mode, where you start with pieces accumulated and must eliminate them..... but only enough peices are provide to do the job, and you aren't allowed mistakes.
And, if you can unlock it, you can play KO Blind, where the pieces aren't colored!

What about on Gamecube, you ask?? As much as I love it, I think the Game Boy Advance version is superior. I think the controls are a little bit easier and a little bit tighter, and while it doesn't have the same level of graphics and sound, it's still impressive and the flow of the game is much improved without the cutscenes.

It's been a long time since I've enjoyed something half as much as Mario Kart -- it set up the non-serious racing genre and Crash and similar, while fun, have been nothing but also-rans. But Freaky Flyers came along and introduced a number of things just right! The aerial controls are every bit as nice as the brief air portionso f Diddy Kong racing, the environments are varied and amazingly detailed (you'll LOVE the fort!!!), the characters and movie clips are FUNNY, and the competition is MORE intense than Mario Kart (for once! thank you!). The races feel close, and if your heart isn't pounding by the end of the race, you're doing something wrong. I've been playing this non-stop for a few days now, and I LOVE IT!!! :D

If you like cartoons and racing, Freaky Flyers is a winner. The cart game offers cool open environments and a fun cast of characters, from the bumbling, movie-star wannabe Johnny Turbine to the split personality Myrna Bookbottom, who turns into hellraiser Margaret Basher when she gets angry. I particularly like Tracy Torpedoes, a German experiment gone either terribly wrong -- or depending on your taste -- amazingly right.

As much as the characters are neat, the real meat of this game is the racing, which is flat out challenging. The goal of Freaky Flyers is simple: Win the race. The game kicked my butt more than once as I worked to figure out the best way to avoid running into trees or pasting myself into canyon walls. There are plenty of powerups and surprises throughout that make getting into the front of the flying pack easier, once you know where they are and how to use them. Some powerups can be won by flying through them, others require very controlled target shooting.

The first level, Bigfoot Mountain, pits flyers against a gnarly twisting canyon bristling with pine trees, villages, dams, waterfalls and tunnels. The program won't let you fly over obstacles, so it takes some real skill in tight corners. The graphics are solid here, as long as you don't get too far off the main course, where things get a little sketchy. I tried flying close to several bigfoot creatures and they weren't quite prepared for me. They kept jumping up and down in an odd, rigid way. Meanwhile, I was running 9th in the race and losing bigtime. At the end of the game, the announcer told me in a kindly but firm tone to put down my controller and “step away from the screen.

Luckily, I didn't take his advice. Level 2 took me to Coyote Canyon, another curvy raceway where the speed picks up in a big way. Powerups ripped by and I found myself under attack from other flyers more often. Every plane has unlimited gatling guns, so squeezing off shots isn't associated with the usual problem of where to find more ammo. Some powerups give you rockets, which let you turn the competition into a satisfying flaming gumbo.

Level three, Bandito Attack, changes the scene completely. Here you have to protect a fort against heavily armed dudes in sombreros. If you spend too much time picking them off on the ground, their bases in the hills will shell your fort into smoking ruins. If you spend to much time attacking their bases, the pesky sombreros on the ground will... turn your fort into smoking ruins. This wasn't easy. The game doesn't give you any powerups at this level and you're almost totally on your own.

The fourth level, Thugsville Chicago, gets more complex and brings in sub characters while notching up the race speed even more. The urban landscape provides tricky canyons of apartment buildings with clothes lines, burning homes (which you have to put out) and more stationary attackers. One subgoal is to get the police chief back to headquarters. Luckily, powerups are everywhere and smart flying rather than shooting seems to be the best strategy.

Level five takes you to an Arab scene that is mostly underground and not easy. I don't know how many more levels there are, since I'll admit I'm kinda stuck at level five for the moment. That's a good sign that the designers didn't build this game to be a throw away. It may look wacky, but the software is every bit as powerful as more traditional guns N violence or sports games.

The contoller is very responsive in Freaky Flyers. I spent a good deal of time learning to limit my stick movements or I'd go screaming off the race course and get hung up in a mountain pass. The music is good, if a bit repetitive, and there are movies locked among the levels that give you more information about the stories of each character.

Each game takes about 5 minutes to play, and if you win, they can be shorter.

Sound was a bit repetitive and I found myself turning down the volume.

All in all, Freaky Flyers is fun and challenging. You won't be sorry you bought or rented it.

I really enjoyed this game - more than I thought I would. I was a fan of kart racing games in the past and was looking for a 2003 version with all the bells and whistles. This game has been fun from the start and has kept entertaining for about 14 hours so far. It has wonderful graphics, large boards to explore and race through, cool characters, multiple airplanes to race with and good sound effects.

I have a couple of nephews that have really enjoyed the game a lot too. IT'S A SAFE GAME FOR KIDS, but has some good tongue-in-cheek humor for everyone old enought to get the jokes. There aren't too many games out there that can entertain across the age groups like this one. Bravo! Buy a couple for the other family members with PS2s.

The PS1 controller by sony, in my opinion, is the best quality compared to other brands. The only thing I don't like is the L1 L2 R1 R2 buttons, it is confusing and difficult for me to quickly press one or the other during gameplay. Otherwise this controller is great.
Pros:
1) Small, lightweight, portable
2) Good quality
Cons:
1) L1 L2 R1 R2 buttons are confusing
2) Joysticks (in my opinion) are too close together
3) Start and Select buttons are too little

This controller i got for my playstation was my 3rd controller, the other 2 were the original gray ones. my brother in law has a transparent blue Viper 2 controller and thats the one i wanted, so i tried to copy him and this was as close as i could find. To me, this controller is just like the gray ones only blue, but the shock is better.

I traded my friend a game for this controller and it was well worth it. I noticed that i would do a lot better in all types of games which are mostly racing. You move around a lot better with this controller. If you want to add to your playstation gameplaying skills you need to get this controller it will definately help and it is well worth the cost evethough it is a lil pricey. So go and get it NOW!!

I just got it today(8-17-02)because it was my birthday.I beat level one to level five.You got to buy this game it is so cool.They even have mini games.Well remember buy it,because it's cool.

This game is awesome... This game's awesome! I love Bomberman! The main game is to lay down bombs and destroys enemies and stuff. It's hard(be prepared to scream at some levels), but it's fun. When a bomb explodes it goes in 4 directions(+). You need to steer clear(one hit k.o.) or you're toast! There's 80 levels divided up into 5 worlds. Each level has it's own mission(get the Karabon* from the teleporter, destroy all enemies, collect all Karabon food, etc). *Karabons are cute Pokemon-type creatures that you can collect, breed, train, and battle. There are 2 Bomberman games for GBA(excluding B-man Tournament), this one and Bomberman Max 2: Red Advance(starring Max!). If you link both of the games up you can unlock 20 levels! There's a single-pack 2 player game that's fun, but the main game is the heart of this game pack. With plenty of levels, great 2 player features, the super-cool Karabons, awesome mini games, and more, there's no reason not to pick this game up!

I JUST GOT THIS GAME AND ALREADY IM CRAZY ABOUT IT! MAX CAN SOMTIMES COME WITH YOU TO HELP YOU COMPLETE THE LEVEL SO YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO HALF THE WORK! YOU CAN RAISE LITTLE CREATURES CALLED CHARABOMS AND YOU CAN BREED AND RIDE ON THEM (ON THE COUNT OF YOU BOMBERMAN HAS BEEN TURNED INTO MINI BOMERMAN)IF YOUR FRIEND HAS THE RED VERSION LINK IT UP AND YOU CAN UNLOCK 20 BONUS LEVELS FOR MORE BOMBERMAN ACTION. YOU CAN ALSO PLAY MULTIPLAYER WITH ONLY 1 GAME PACK. YOU CAND BATTLE AND BREED CHAROBOMS WITH YOUR FRIEND IF HE HAS ANY VERSION AND THEN LINK IT UP. THERE ARE SO MANY POSIBILITYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This guitar is cute, and my daughter is thrilled to have it. However, it's supposed to be for kids who are just learning, and it came with absolutely no help whatsoever. No pick, no instructions on tuning, not even a little beginner songbook to get a child started. It's a guitar in a box. I've had to search online, call local music shops and ask friends just so she can use this guitar for its intended purpose. She thinks its great, but Mom's pretty disappointed.

We are very pleased with this guitar. It is so well made, nicely decorated and such a sturdy toy, and has great sound as well. I can see it being a favorite for a long time.

My son loves his new guitar. My father and I are musicians and this little thing really works! I was concerned that it would be hard on the fingers and rough or twangy but it sounds good for a small instrument. My dad couldn't put it down, it was so cute. A child can learn to play on this. I would recommend it as a first guitar. You really can't go wrong for the price.

My son received this toy for his first birthday, actually he received two of them. He absolutley loves the toy. He will make it play a song and he will run around in cricles like he is dancing. He loves it!!! However, he threw-up on it and it just started to die slowly. The next thing my husband and I knew, it made a long drawn out sound and then it just quit working. I personally think that this toy should be more durable for the price. We had taken the second one back after his birthday party, but I know we will be going back to the store to buy another one because this was his FAVORITE toy. I also think it is ironic that there was another person on the review who had the same incident happen with vomit.

My one year old received this toy as a Birthday present and it was a big hit. He absolutely loves it! Daddy never tires of the music because it is always accompanied by giggles and a bright smile! The toy has one design flaw... There are three modes of play. You change modes by turning the music page on the piano. Mode 1 and 3 work as advertised when you turn the page. Mode 2 works as whatever mode was used before it (1 or 3) unless you turn the toy off and back on while in mode 2.

I bought this toy for my 2yr old son and he loves it. Also my 9 month old nephew fell in love with it I just had to purchase him one too. This is definitely a great toy!! I highly recommend it!!

Excite Bike is for anyone who enjoys vidio games alone. I like this game because it's a classic that has come back for more people to enjoy. I even bought it at the store in Animal Crossing for Game Cube! If you are looking for an exciting game this is the one.

Excitebike is one hell of a good game and now it is revived on the Gameboy Advance. Those who loved the original and want it here unchanged can have that.

Excitebike once again has a nice and easy to get used to way of playing. You press the B and A buttons to accelerate. The B buonn pushes you along faster but you also have a bar at the bottom of your screen. Once it fills up you have to let your bike sit for a while until it cools down. Not to mention that you also race against three other drivers going over bumps and whatnot. The real task at hand isn't to beat the other three players but to beat the time.

Excitebike was the first racing game to have a track editor. Unfortunately on the NES you couldn't save that track. But on the GBA you actually can save it. My gripe is you can only save one track which bites.

There are a couple of other problems. If you have an E-Reader you can get Excitebike there. The other is simply that the GBA has had to have some of the graphics squashed down to fit the screen. This shouldn't pose any real problems though.

Excitebike is a grand game and one of the true classics in the Classie NES Series. Along with "Super Mario Bros." and of course "The Legend of Zelda" this is what you should get.

IF YOU HAVE PLAYED THE ORIGINAL EXCITEBIKE AND LOVED IT LIKE I DID AND STILL DO. THEN BUY THIS GAME.

Great game, I've been reading Justice League on comic for a long time. My kid, who is 5 years old, watch JL on cartoon network, he loves it. His favorite is Batman, we gave him this game on Christmas and he loves it. As a matter of fact, now we both fight for the game boy to play the game. It's a lot of fun.

My son, Jonathan, is five years old. He is a fan of the Justice League cartoon series and he loves this game. I asked him his favorite part, and he said when he fights against the evil versions of Superman, Hawk Girl and Wonder Woman, and when he fights the evil Grodd. As he does not read yet, he does not like the fact that there are parts that require reading.

We got this game for my 5 yr old son for Christmas as he loves the television show!! He absolutely love the game and never tires of playing it!! It was definately worth the money and my sons friends all love playing it too. As a matter of fact I finally sat down to play the game and found my 5 yr old instructing me on how to do the special feature moves with the extra buttons. I also have teenage brothers and sisters and they were absolutely in love with the game too. I would say the game would normally be for a bit older than 5 yrs old though because my son is already very computer literate and can read completly, this is why he is able to handle it so easily. There are words on the screen they need to read or have read to them in order to do the games.

I've had this game for about 2 weeks now and I really enjoy the graphics along with the cars and the different modes of play that you can choose from (Challenge Mode, Stunt Mode etc.)
However I've been having a difficult time getting used to the steering method that is recommended to use - (the upper-half *only* of the right thumbstick.) This can become hard to control because you have to find the perfect place on the thumbstick that makes you turn as sharp as pressing the directional pad. But, I'm thinking about purchasing the Lotus Racing Wheel by GAMESTER USA it sounds like it would help a lot!
All in all a great game!!

This is a great game suitable for grown-up players. Arcade style driving habits can get you in trouble here. This game rewards players who follow the correct line through turns and finely balance acceleration/braking to turn rate. The game punishes pedal-to-the-metal driving. Other cars can get a bit rude, too, and passing a car on an oval track at 180mph will take some planning. Car damage, while not amazing as in some Rally games, does occur and does affect your car's performance.

Speed and handling of the different cars is great. The physics of the game are terrific. When you get going really fast, it feels like it! Control is more challenging at 160mph than at 60mph.

The optional steering system allows the player to make very fine adjustments to the car's steering wheel, allowing for the fine control lost in most car games. This may explain how the rest of the physics can be so accurate - the developers did not need to compensate for players having only straight and locked steering positions.

If you want to simulate driving a variety of race cars from the late 1950s to the early 21st century, on a variety of tracks, with occassionally cheek fellow drivers, this is the game for you!

I just bought this game, and I'm already addicted. The graphics on it are so much better than the other racing games I've been playing lately.. the different styles of lotus cars rocks. the soundtrack fits the game. I give this game a A+++

MX Unleashed is an awesome game evan if you don't like dirt bikes. It's cool beacause it has a big round of real dirt bikes and gear. It has awesome graphics and good sound effects. All of it looks pritty real besides when you fall.

MX Unleashed for the XBOX system is one of the best motorcross games out there. The game is a bit more arcadey than a simulation, there is very little realism, but there is a whole lot of fun. Your motorcycle's physics are floaty and they were purposely made this way, so that your jumps are very high and last longer in mid-air. This is important in gameplay mechanics because you are allowed to make stunts while in mid-air (kinda like Tony Hawk on a motorcycle.) You can pick an assortment of characters, lots of different dirt bikes and race tracks. Using the same format of, "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater", you unlock more maps when you accomplish certain tasks in a level. There is an easy-to-use Level Editor, included so you can create your own stunt arenas. They even included a mode called "Human Dart", which is a nice mini game. There is also Free-ride where you can do whatever you want/no rules (free-form gameplay).

Pros:
+free-form gameplay
+excellent graphics
+excellent controls
+excellent sound effects
+excellent stunt system
+excellent frame-rate
+excellent level editor
+motion-blur effects
+fun missions/tasks
+fun mini games
+lots of bikes/options
+large maps
+rag-doll physics
+floaty physics

Cons:
-all race tracks locked at first
-tutorial not very helpful
-trashy rock music

Why are you reading this....Go get and play the game. It is awesome. Very fun. You can free ride, race, and even freestyle. It has it all. Even has a feature to help you pick the best line for the fastest lap times. The one thing this game needed was a replay ability. I have done some amazing tricks I wanted to see again and replay would have been cool. This game is a must if you are into MX at all.